Chisinau. The ECO-Tiras International Environmental Association of River Keepers calls upon the authorities of Moldova and Transnistria to stop the extraction of sand-gravel aggregate from the Dniester, as it damages significantly the river ecological system.

Chisinau. The Albina Românească [Romanian Bee] and the Învierea [Revival] cultural associations of the Romanians of Bessarabia and the Tezaurul Daciei [Treasury of Dacia] Moldo-Romanian organization have stated their support for the initiative put forward by the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (LDPM) to amend the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova in a way to let the entire nation elect president of the country.

Chisinau. Sergiu Mocanu, the leader of the Popular Action socio-political movement, has offered Speaker Marian Lupu to quit the ruling Communist Party and join the opposition.

Chisinau. The Liberal Party (LP) believes the dismissal of the Vasile Tarlev Cabinet, whose backbone had been on their posts since 2001, is the reflection of the drawbacks in the Cabinet’s work.

Chisinau. The LDPM-initiated referendum on amending the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova may be held as early as October 5, party leader Vladimir Filat stated at the news conference in Infotag.

Chisinau. The League for Human Right Protection in Moldova (LADOM) is recommending the Gagauzia authorities to better organize the second round of elections for the autonomous region’s Popular Assembly due on March 30.

Chisinau. Refugees in Moldova has waited six years and for three year they have asked the Parliament and the President to grant them the documents, which are necessary for living.

Chisinau. The Alliance of non-governmental organizations for promoting indiscriminative policies believes that the Government of Moldova ought to urgently register the Moslem community in Moldova in accordance with the recommendations by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) presented in Geneva last February 27-28.

Chisinau. More than 60 families ask the Moldovan authorities to return their money invested in 2005 in the construction of the apartment house in the Mircea cel Batrin boulevard 41 in Chisinau.

Chisinau. The Arguments and Facts in Moldova newspaper has issued a book of short stories by Moldovan authors under the title “The Thick Magazine”.

Chisinau. In the mainland Moldova, 69% families speak Moldovan at home, and only 18% families – Russian.

Chisinau. The political council of the Patria-Moldova Party has expressed a non-confidence vote to its Chairman Andrei Tarna, who was elected to this post in September 2007.

Chisinau. The campaign in the run-up to the March 16 election of the Gagauzia Popular Assembly [parliament] cannot be practically felt in the southern Moldovan autonomous region, experts of the League for Human Right Protection in Moldova (LADOM) are maintaining.

Chisinau. The representatives of territorial organizations of the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova, who recently joined the LDPM upon quitting the Democratic Party (DP) and the Christian Democratic Popular Party (CDPP), have stated they are going to start legal actions against the leaders of the latter two parties.

Chisinau. The Moldovan Communist authorities’ refusal to permit the agreed-on delivery of humanitarian assistance for Gagauzia is fraught with a new spiral of strain in Moldo-Russian relations, presumes Chisinau Municipal Council member and the Chairman of the Ravnopraviye [Equal Rights] Socio-Political Movement, Valery Klimenko.